Dustin Voss, a senior researcher at the MPIfG, has received the 2025 Journal Article Prize of the Society of Friends and Former Associates of the MPIfG. The award was presented during the Institute’s 40th anniversary celebrations in May for Voss’s article “Sectors Versus Borders: Interest Group Cleavages and Struggles Over Corporate Governance in the Age of Asset Management,” published in Socio-Economic Review in 2024. His study examines the role of global asset managers such as BlackRock in the context of a co-determination reform in Germany.

The consequences of global warming are becoming tangible and often fatal for growing segments of the global population. For instance, river floods and tropical cyclones are among the most harmful natural hazards rendered more likely and devastating by climate change. Other social consequences are more subtle, as deteriorating conditions ripple through the social fabric. The current edition, edited by Leon Wansleben, intends to inspire economic sociologists to consider climate change as a major structural force impacting whole economies, markets, and economic actors.

The Game: The Economy of Undocumented Migration from Afghanistan to Europe offers an ethnographic account of Afghan refugees navigating the perilous journey from Afghanistan to Germany. MPIfG researcher Hannah Pool accompanies a group of Afghan families and friends as they move through Iran, Turkey, Greece, and the Balkan route in pursuit of asylum and safety. Based on her award-winning dissertation, the book explores the “moral economy” of migration – the social norms, mutual obligations, and expectations that shape the actions of migrants.